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A BAMBOO-VENEERED HEXAGONAL BOX AND ᪺̗㡳 ᐸⒿᲭ㎉♄⮭⩈ྌ⯰↥
COVER
ࣻ⩠Ӭ։໸ჺԳ㪏ૃጻԠᢐⱤᆨᙔ⛛ൈዪ⡠⏁卿Ꮚᙻ ჺ㲞
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
ᳰ߅‸㨸੓ᚺⶬǶ⽗ᇵۓ❥厍ᚺ᳖⛛ߴट㊂Ƿ卿㮰 卿
The box is finely veneered and carved in low relief to the centre of
எ‸ ǯ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӳ։⯝ទᐽ৅ࡷ៨⡠ࣿփ⸥⡠㱈⏟
the cover with a chakra wheel surrounded by a band of ruyi-heads.
ַԠᙔ⛛⏁卿໸᳖ԋឆ卿ᏊᙻǶᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ഌ⡑厀
The hexalobed edges are decorated with an interlocking scroll
⛛ណ⁅㈍㫌ߴǷ卿ӳᱡ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚ ⯍ ǯՔ
pattern above a canted petal band. The sides of the cover and box
base are delicately carved with further interlocking ruyi scrolls. जࣻ⩠Ӭ։㫐ྉ⸌⏁卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ
3 in. (7.5 cm.) wide ৅ ⽚ǯ
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-38,000
A five-lobed bamboo veneer box decorated with a ruyi design
dated to the Qianlong-Jiaqing period is illustrated in Simon
Kwan, Ming and Qing Bamboo, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 318-319,
pl. 86. Compare the European-style scrolls and petal borders
of the present lot with the bamboo veneer boxes in the Qing
Court Collection dated to the middle Qing dynasty illustrated
in The Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo,
Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Shanghai, 2002,
pp. 79-81, pl. 72-74. See also a two-tiered example sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 May 2017, lot 3170.

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